# PromptSpy ushers in the era of Android threats using GenAI

DevFeed: [PromptSpy ushers in the era of Android threats using GenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/promptspy-ushers-in-the-era-of-android-threats-using-genai-8379.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/promptspy-ushers-in-era-android-threats-using-genai/>)

Author: Lukas Stefanko

Published: 2026-02-19T10:30:20Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [WeLiveSecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/welivesecurity.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Generative AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/generative-ai.md>), [Malware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/malware.md>), [genai](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/genai.md>), [Cybercrime](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybercrime.md>), [Persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/persistence.md>), [Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/encryption.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/encryption.md>), [eset-research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eset-research.md>), [genai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/genai.md>), [generative-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generative-ai.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [malware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/malware.md>), [persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/persistence.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>), [video](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/video.md>)

## AI overview

ESET researchers report PromptSpy, an Android malware family that uses Google Gemini and generative AI to analyze the device screen and adapt malicious user-interface manipulation. The malware uses this capability to maintain persistence, while also providing remote access, blocking uninstallation, capturing lockscreen data, and recording video.

## Source excerpt

ESET researchers discover PromptSpy, the first known Android malware to abuse generative AI in its execution flow